Scott, I would gladly line up at Paddington on the 8th however I just got a haircut with which I'm not too happy hence I won't show up for fear of frightening the horses. And in any case, 2-4 hours of lining up surrounded by screaming teens, little darlings and hipsters all going: "OMG!" would cause me to walk with purpose in front of a bus.

I for one am a Melburnian who never tires of seeing the Opera House (and photographing it another hundred times) when ever I visit Sydney. So dynamic. Rather than seeing it as cliche, I look at it is the ultimate Australian expression of daring, progressive design – our own fashion triumph.

Hopefully Mr. Sartorialist will find similar inspiration on location down South, perhaps against the angles and patterns of Federation Square.

Selkie, the pool is the ocean pool at Bondi, taken from the Icebergs' Club building. The Icebergs swim every day of the year and on the first day of winter, they throw very large blockss of ice into the pool before leaping in.

Im an Aussie living in the UK at the moment, those pics almost brought a tear to my eye. Beautiful! Check out Crown Street Surry Hills/ Victoria Street Darlinghurst [@ night] in Sydney. Brunswick & Gertrude St Fitzroy, Little Collins Street…You wont be disappointed especially Gertrude St. Have a great time in OZ!!

oh, and AnastasiaC is right…King St,Newtown is full of interesting people and wonderful fashion…Paddington yeah, but King St has it's own vibe that nowhere else has…so definitely check iy out if you can… :)

Can't wait to have you in Melbourne. I'll be in line waiting to have my book signed…

I think you'll find Melbourne's GPO itself is a great place to spot style (like this http://tinyurl.com/ldfrwj) Sometimes I just sit at the choc shop there and am amazed at what people choose to wear while shopping or just skipping through on their way to work!

I am devestated! I'm a sydney-sider and I love your blog and was sooo excited to hear you were coming to Sydney but I wont be in Sydney for your book signing on tuesday! :( any chance you will be back to Sydney anytime soon?

Hello, nice to hear you're coming back, and I hope you find more to tickle your lens in Melbourne than you did last time. May I recommend that you ditch yawnsome Chapel St, which is SO twenty years ago, and take a snoop around the State Library environs (heaps of uni students and very groovy Asian-inspired looks); Flinders Lane and Degraves St (art galleries, unique boutiques, cafe crowd); Carlisle St, East St Kilda (vintage, post-punk, po-mo, plus Euro-Jewish flavours); Sydney Rd, Brunswick (big artists' colony jammed up against Middle Eastern community); Gertrude St and Smith St, Fitzroy (indie designers, cyclists, gallerinas, handmade shoes)?I just want you to have a good time here and not go away BORED!

Chantelle and Anonymous, thanks for telling me about the tidal pool. It looks amazing and I really like the sound of the Icebergs Club – we belong to a little club which swims through the winter in the Irish Sea but it looks so much more glamorous and enticing in Oz!

Wow, this is exactly what I meant by incorporating nature. Sorry for the terribly harsh critique a couple weeks ago. These are powerful and absolutely beautiful! You have now made me want to get on the first plane to Australia.

I just returned from my first visit to Australia a few months back and I was happy to see my memories in your pictures. I recall having brunch at Icebergs (I completely forget which beach it is located on…Bondi?) but I remember simply sitting inside by the window, watching waves pound into the side of the pool. It was a very pleasant location, as I recall, because my companion spotted dolphins in the distance as well. Thank you for taking me back, if only for a moment.

I'm also not quite sure why you've so far avoided the good bits of Melbourne (a city of far greater beauty, complexity and depth in design). I'm not sure who told you to go to Chapel street, but that hasn't been where it's at since 1993.

Flinders Lane, Little Collins, Melbourne CBD's hidden laneways; our darkened bars; East Brunswick, North Fitzroy, Northcote, North Carlton… Follow the artists, Scott – there will you find the places that will reward you with lens-candy. The true jewels in Australia's sartorial crown.

Whilst in Melbourne check out Gertrude Street in Fitzroy.( Between Brunswick and Smith St) Lots of small independent Australian Designer boutiques, Art Galleries, Vintage stores, Cafes. Very lovely and very quintessential Melbourne. My fav is Since Grey – a gallery/ fashion store.

So glad you are coming to Melbourne. How ever much I would like meet you I can't . I am travelling the Pacifics; which is great but when I heard that you will be in Melbourne and i wont be there was so disappointing. Anyways good luck with your visit. Hope you come again soon!

Sass & Bide? Really? They should be called "The Emperor's New Clothes". I can only assume that they are paying for some aspect of this venture. If only their design department were as large as their marketing and P.R. departments. I am extremely bored with seeing their images everywhere, swanning, posing, and saying warm fuzzy sound-bites about the environment. (meanwhile driving hideously massive petrol guzzling Range Rovers) O.K., O.K, we all get that you're really famous designers! Now go design some frocks to go with your reputations.

Hey Scott! Do you think you'll ever venture up to Brisbane the next time you're in the land down under? I think you'll find the place charming and the weather beautiful. Oh, plus my book is yearning for a signing!

Ok, yes there are other cities in Australia, but Melbourne and Sydney are the biggest best and most known.
I love Melbourne, and it is definitely the most fashionable in Australia, GASP clothing store excluded. Seriously Google that store, you’ll want to cry.